POLL, 2.67ohm load on a 4-ohm bridged 2ch amplifier?

[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

Im going to be putting a substage in my girlfriends car. I had her look at some subs, and she wants three kicker CVR 8s.

Now before i go buy another amp, i have a hifonics 2ch amp here (ZXI6006, 600RMS bridged @ 4 ohms)

I figure 3 dual 4 ohm CVRs wire into a 2.67ohm load. After taking into account impedence rise and whatnot, im wondering if the 2ch amp will be able to take a 3-ish ohm load

I understand wiring a 2 ohm stable amp down to a 1 ohm load is 95% of the time a no-no, but a 3ohm load compared to a 4 ohm load isnt too much more stress is it? Considering the wattage isnt horrendous and her electrical system wont be stressing.

Take a vote, can i get away with it?

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[king ranch 5,000+ posts]

is it possible to wire 2 subs to one channel and one sub to one channel so the ohm loads are right

if not you should be able to get away with it after rise should be close to 4ohms

 

[infamous_e46 5,000+ posts]

just do it and then tell us what happened

personally i dont think anything will happen hmmmm but it isnt an o/s hifonics

 

[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

is it possible to wire 2 subs to one channel and one sub to one channel so the ohm loads are right
if not you should be able to get away with it after rise should be close to 4ohms

yes, but im not doing that. subs would see different amounts of power

Im thinking the amp should be able to handle the load no problem, but i just wanna make sure nobody has had a bad experience with this type of situation

 

[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

just do it and then tell us what happened












personally i dont think anything will happen hmmmm but it isnt an o/s hifonics

o/s?

 

[infamous_e46 5,000+ posts]

o/s=old school

does it say api on it or maxxsonics

 

[king ranch 5,000+ posts]

yes, but im not doing that. subs would see different amounts of power
Im thinking the amp should be able to handle the load no problem, but i just wanna make sure nobody has had a bad experience with this type of situation

how is that so if the amp does say 300x2 at 2ohms and u wire 2 subs to one channel to do 300rms to both so 150rms to each of the 2 subs and wire the 3rd sub to 4 ohms if the amp does 150@4ohms then its perfect or just set gains with a dmm or o-scope to send equal wattage to each sub

 

[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

not oldschool, i bought it last year. Maxxsonics

 

[Side Show 10+ year member]

decent amp = should be fine

sh*t amp = smoke

 

[Slammed 5,000+ posts]

just do it and then tell us what happened


personally i dont think anything will happen hmmmm but it isnt an o/s hifonics

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[Slammed 5,000+ posts]

my o/s Zeus amps were sweet

 

[king ranch 5,000+ posts]

nvm i see u have dual 4ohm loads and i seen the specs on the amp that wont work

just run it at 3ohms it will work

 

[infamous_e46 5,000+ posts]

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[Cbass 10+ year member]

I think it depends on the amp... my jbl gts600 handled 2.66 bridged without problems!

Just try it!